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Post by howler on Sept 26, 2019 7:26:20 GMT
"Hey, Joe, take this list of products and reduce their prices by 10.13% to get them moving on Amazon" Five hours later.... "What was I supposed to do with these? Right, I scribbled 10.13 on the corner. Select all, $10.13" That's about it...yeah. Amazon sure as hell wasn't going to eat the price difference. I'm not really bothered by it, but it still kinda pisses me off that a MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR company can't stand by a F-UP and go out with honor. I don't think a few hundred bucks would put them in bankruptcy. Money is hard to earn, but a reputation is even harder. I'm not sure if this was a Amazon or ELS screw-up, but somebody should have made it right instead of wussing out and cancelling orders. Quote: Eric Cartman, from SouthPark---"This is Bull-S**t!" Maybe be creative and let everyone keep just one of the less expensive items and refund the rest. I've heard it said "The world can be a wonderful place if everyone could have just one machete"...well, no, I never heard that but it does sound kinda nice.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Sept 26, 2019 7:35:36 GMT
Life without a machete is possible, but pointless!
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Post by howler on Sept 26, 2019 7:48:35 GMT
Life without a machete is possible, but pointless! And even a pointless machete (a machete without a point), would give life a point.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Sept 26, 2019 8:32:35 GMT
But a machete with a point will have the edge on one without!
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Post by howler on Sept 26, 2019 9:11:38 GMT
But a machete with a point will have the edge on one without! Ya know...you have a point. And what would be the point of having a machete without an edge. And speaking of edges, I think I'm losing mine and shall retire to bed. Dreaming of machete instead of sheep, of course.
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Post by pgandy on Sept 26, 2019 9:36:31 GMT
I have them both ways and each has an advantage. It’s harder to dig a hole, scoop dirt, dog crap or whatever, or cut underground roots with a pointed machete. Having a bit of a problem getting back to sleep, maybe I should start counting machetes.
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Post by christain on Sept 26, 2019 10:34:12 GMT
The only piece in my order that I don't already own is the Bowie machete. I may get one at regular price anyway. I almost bought one some time ago, but backed out for reasons unknown. Being a Texan, having a Bowie I can abuse and beat the crap out of and not worry too much about it sounds appealing. It would just be a 'tweener'....a cheap buy 'tween more costly purchases just to tide me over. Edit: To heck with it...just ordered one.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Sept 26, 2019 13:00:05 GMT
Every time I see the word 'Machete' I imagine the movie character...
My order was cancelled as well, bah! All mine were plastic trainers/bucklers/wasters etc.
Here I saw the thread had a lot of hits, was wondering whats up...
And I personally don't see this as a scam, just a catastrophic mistake by the selling company.
But dayum...lets all keep our eyes out for more deals like this...maybe one will be real!
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Post by Adventurer'sBlade on Sept 26, 2019 15:22:34 GMT
The bowie machete is a winner as a cheap fighting knife... but it's at the awkward size where it's not big enough to chop well but you would want a smaller knife for everything else.
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Post by christain on Sept 30, 2019 17:05:48 GMT
Well, my Bowie machete should be along shortly now...out for delivery...along with another purchase from Amazon: a pull-over black-out face mask for a Halloween costume idea. A machete and a face-mask ordered at the same time. The people at Amazon probably were thinking--- "Yep...Serial-killer." -------- Most of SBG probably thinks so too...but I assure you all, my intentions are completely non-violent! Mostly.... . A few cardboard boxes and stray tree limbs WILL DIE. If I just happen to be wearing the mask, it'll just be to keep my nosy neighbors at bay.
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